Eucatastrophe is a neologism coined by J.R.R. Tolkien from Greek ευ- ("good") and καταστροφή ("sudden turn").In essence, a eucatastrophe is a massive turn in fortune from a seemingly unconquerable situation to an unforeseen victory, usually brought by grace rather than heroic effort. Such a turn is catastrophic in the sense of its breadth and surprise and positive in that a great evil or misfortune is averted.
>>152139295a coincidence that gets you into trouble is good writinga coincidence that gets you out of it is lazy writing
>>152139306I mean all of history can suddenly start to seem like lazy writing if you look at it like this. The sheer volume of stupid looney tunes shit that's happened which has affected the entire world for better or worse is significant, e.g. the assassination of Franz Ferdinand.
>>152139306canonically, every fortunate occurrence in tolkien stories is god himself helping the protags. They usually barely get out alive, and are cursed for life because of it, but have to keep going because they have a mission to accomplish.Except gandalf, that fucker gets a power boost on top of resurrecting.
>>152139306>a coincidence that gets you out of it is lazy writingPeople say this but some of the best and most exciting moments that happen in media are because of "luck". OP is a good example.
>>152139306This kind of thinking is why modern stories are so fucking boring
>>152139306Real life has the laziest writing in existence
>>152139306>a coincidence that gets you into trouble is good writingLike the ending of S2 of Primal??
